Punching-machine.



J. HEISSENBEBGER.

Patented luly l, |902.

.PUNCHING MACHINE.

(Application lad July 30,

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Patented; July I, i902.- J. HEISSENBERGER.

PUNCHING MACHINE.

(Application filed July 30, 1901.)

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SEQ/q2 No. 703,959. Patented july l, i902.

J. HEISSENBERGER.

PUNCHING MACHINE.

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- UNITED STATES PAT-ENT FFICE.

JOHN HEISSENBERGER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PUNCHlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,959, dated July 1, 1902.

Application led July 30, 1901.v Serial No. 70,238- (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concer-71,.- Be it known that I, JOHN HEISSENB'ERGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New' York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Punch'- in g-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The purpose of the invention is to provide a coin-controlled punching-machine of simple and durable construction and Which will accurately indicate in pounds upon a dial the force of a blow struck and to so construct the machine that after the blow is delivered the pointer on the dial will remain in position to indicate the record made until said pointer is purposely released to be restored to its normal position at zero. Another purpose of the invention is to provide a construction whereby the punchingbag may be struck in the absence of a coin being deposited Without having any iniiuence upon the dial or other parts of the machine; A further purpose of the invention is to provide a positively-acting yet simple locking mechanism for the dial-shaft and a readily` operated device for breaking the locking con# nection at the dial-shaft.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several ing parts in section and parts-in elevation,-

ooperatingwiththepocket mechanism. 4 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the machine, taken at a point near its center; and Fig. (i is a vertical section taken at the rear of the machine at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 5.

A represents the casing of the machine, which may be of any desired shape, and this casing, preferably at its front upper portion,

'at the front, and inthisvsleeve the collar 11 of a punching-pad C is adapted to slide, as is likewise a portion of the pad proper. This collar 11 is preferably made solid at'the back and is therefore more in thenature of a cupface, and at the center of the vsaid collar or cup face a horizontalshaft 12 is secured at one of its ends, which shaft slides loosely through an opening inthe front of the casing A at the center ofthe collar 10, secured to the casing, as is shown in Fig. 5. The rear end of the shaft 12'is adapted to slide freely in a fixed horizontal sleeve 13, located within the case or casing, as is also shown in Fig. 5.

A trip-finger 14 is secured on the shaft 12, extending above and below it, this finger being located at the forward portion of theshaft, yet within the case or casing A, as is shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. This finger 14 is prei' erably attached to the shaft in a removable manner and is provided With ay Washer 14a at its outer face, which Washer surrounds the shaft 12. In the normal position of the shaft the striking-pad C bears against the inner face of the casing A. An offset 15 is located on the shaft 12 at the inner face of the trip-tim ger 14, and a springl is coiled around the said shaft, bearing against the said offset and against the rear of the casing A, the said spring being likewise coiled around the fixed sleeve 13, as is shown in Fig. 5.

The lower member of the finger 14 has movement between the members of a bifurcated horizontal guide 17, and the upper member of the finger 14 has movement between the members of a shorter bifurcated horizontal Y be of any form and is usually supported upon a pedestal 21 of any type.

The pointer 23 of the dial B is attached to a shaft 24, journaled in the front upper portion of the casing A at one end and in the pendent portion of a bracket 25 at the opposite end, or an equivalent support for the in ner end of the said shaft 24 may be provided. This shaft is preferably provided with an attached sleeve 26 within the casing A near the -outer end of the said shaft, and the inner end of a cord or chain 27 is attached to this sleeve or to the shaft and is given one or more coils around said sleeve. The cord or chain 27 is carried downward within the casing in direction of the front and over a `guide-pulley 28, supported in bearings at the front inner porlion of the casing, the lower end of the said cord or chain 27 being attached to a screw 29, adjust-ably secured in an offset 29 from a foot 30 at the bottom portion of a lever 31. This lever 31 extends upward, and, as shown at 32, is fulcrumed near its upper end on a lug carried by the bracket 25. At the upper end of the said lever 31 a spring 33 is attached, the spring being likewise secured to the forward portion ofthe casing. This spring tends to carry the foot` portion of the lever 31 away from the upper member of the trip-iinger 14.

The foot 3() of the lever 31 is provided with a pocket 34,vertically produced in its forward face, as shown in Fig. 4, in the lower portion of which pocket the inner ends of the upper bifurcated guide 18 enter when the footisiuits normal position, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This foot is likewise provided with a central vertical opening 35, communicating with the pocket '34, so that when vthe foot 30 is in its normal position and in the absence of a coin a blow is given to the pad (l the shaft 12 and finger 14 may move rearward Without interfering with the lever 31 or its 'foot-section. Since the said lever is not brought into action unless a coin 36 is placed in the pocket 34, resting upon the inner face of the upper bifurcated guide 18, as shown in Fig. 3, the coin being then between the forward face of the foot 30 and the inner face ot' the upper member of the iinger 14, so that whena blow is delivered on the pad O and the shaft 12 and finger 14 are carriedinward against the tension of the spring 16 the coin serves to close the slot 35, and consequently the foot portion of the lever 31 must move with the shaft 12.

The coin is delivered into the pocket 34 throughI the medium of a chute 36, which is inclined downward from the front face of the casing in direction of the pocket and has communication at its upper portion with a this shield may likewise be carried forward.

below the guide, as is shown in Fig. 4. The coin is released from the pocket in which it is placed when the shaft 12 has been driven far enough inward to carry they foot-section 30 of the lever 31 some distance from the front of the machine, as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the coin will fall into the receiving-chamber 20, and, through mechanism to be hereinafter described, after the blow has been struck which carries the foot portion of the lever 31 rearward, the said foot portion of the lever remains in its rearward position, while the shaft 12 is restored to its normal position by the spring 16 as soon as the pad C is relieved from the force of the blow. When the foot portion of the lever 31 is lthus carried to its rearward position, the shaft 24 is turned and .thepointer 23 will indicate on the dial in pounds and fractions thereof the force of the blow delivered. The pointer will remain in its indicating position until released by a mechanism to be hereinafter described.

A hard-metal disk 39 is secured Aupon the pointer-shaft 24, and this hard-metal disk is provided with an upper extension 40, to which extension one end of a cord or chain 41 is attached, which cord or chain passes down at the side of the pointer-shaft 24 opposite that at which the cord or chain 27 passes and which is attached to the foot-section orcoinreceiving receptacle ofthe lever 31. At the lower end of this cord or rope 41 a spring 42 is secured, and this Vspring is likewise attached to a bracket 43, which extends rearwardly from the front inner face of the casing A, as is best shown in Fig. 5. Alockingarm 44 is pivotally attached to the inner end of the bracket 43. This locking-arm extends upward and is provided with a slot 45fat its upper end, which slot receives the inner portion of the shaft 24 back of the disk 39. v At the front face of the upper end of the locking-arm 44 a soft-metal disk 46 is secured, having a slot in its upper portion corresponding to the slot 45 for the passage of the pointer-shaft 24. This soft-metal disk 46, which is a locking-disk, is held with more or less friction against the hard-metal disk 39, attached to the pointer-shaft 24, by means of a spring 49, attached to the front inner face 'of the casing A and to a screw 47, which screw is passed through a suitable opening in the locking-arm 44. The said screw is provided with a thumb-nut 48, which has bearing against the inner face of the said locking-arm 44, as is also best shown in Fig. 5. VUnder this arrangement it is obvious that the frictional engagement between the soft-metal disk 46, carried by the locking-arm 44, and

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the disk 39, carried by the pointer-shaft 24, y

ing the trip-bar inward the locking-disk 46 will be carried out of engagement with the disk 39 on the shaft 24.

In the general operation of the machine a coin is introduced into the coin-chute 36n through the slot 37, whereupon the coin will drop into the pocket 34 and will close the opening 35 in the section of the lever 31 in which the said pocket is formed, so that when a blow is received by the pad C and the shaft or plunger 12 is forced inward the upper member of the finger 14 will engage with the coin in the pocket 34 and will carry the foot 30 of the lever 31 rearward through the lnedium of the cord or chain 27, thus turning the pointer-shaft 24, causing the pointer to indicate on the dial B the force of the blow measured by pounds. The cord or chain 27 in performing this action unooils from the pointer-shaft 24 and causes the cord or chain 41 at the opposite side of the shaft 24 to coil thereon. The frictional engagement between the locking-disk 46 and the disk 39, carried by the pointer-shaft 24, will cause the lower portion of the lever 31, carryin g the coin-receptacle, to. be heldin a rearward position to which it was carried, thus permitting a person toinvestigate at leisure the face of the dial. After such investigation has been made the parts of the machine may be restored to their normal position by pushing inwardl the trip-bar 50, which action carries the locking-disk 46 from the disk 39 on the pointer-shaft and causes the cord or chain 41 to uncoil from the pointer-shaft and restore the pointer to Zero on the dial B, while at the same time the spring 33 will act to bring back the foot-section 30 of the lever 31 to an engagement with the upper member of the finger 14, which will now be in its normal position, assisted bythe spring 42, and the cord or chain 27 will be again coiled on the pointer-shaft 24 for action on the said shaft to indicate the force of' a blow which may be subsequentlyA given.

It will be understood, as stated, that when the lever 31v is carried rearward the coin is released and drops into the receiving chamber or receptacle 20. It will be further observed that the extension 52 from the tripbar 50 is carried up quite close to the upper portion of the releasing-arm 44, and therefore but a slight inward movement von the part of the trip-bar 50 is necessary to cause a disconnection between the locking-disk 46 of soft metal and the disk 39, which is attached to the dial-shaft 24.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a punching-machine, the combination, with the casing, a dial, a pointer, and rotary shaft carrying the latter and having a disk 39, of a slidable, spring-pressed, pad-carrying shaft, a pivoted lever, and means for operatively connecting it with the pad-shaft, a rope connecting the pivoted lever with the pointercarrying shaft, so that the swinging movement of one effects rotation of the other, means for retracting the pointer carrying shaft, the pivoted lever 44 bearing at its free upper end upon said disk 39, a spring holding lthe lever in frictional engagement with the disk, and means for varying the pressure, and the slidable trip-bars projecting through the front of the casing and engaging at the inner end the lever 44, all operating as shown and described. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my 

